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Section II Reading Comprehension Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)
Text 1
Excessive sugar has a strong mal-effect on the functioning of active organs such as the heart,kidneys and the brain.Shipwrecked sailors who ate and drank nothing but sugar for nine days surely went through some of this trauma.
This incident occurred when a vessel carrying a cargo of sugar was shipwrecked in 1793.The five surviving sailors were finally rescued nine days after the accident.They were in a wasted condition due to starvation,having consumed nothing but sugar. French physiologist F.Magendie was inspired by that incident to conduct a series of experiments with animals.In the experiments,he fed dogs a diet of sugar and water.All the dogs wasted and died.
The shipwrecked sailors and the French physiologist’s experimental dogs proved the same point.As a steady diet,sugar is worse than nothing.Plain water can keep you alive for quite some time.Sugar and water can kill you.Humans【and&nbs [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 下一页
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